Season 39: Fall 2024 Program

SEASON 39: FALL 2024 PROGRAM

MODERN CLASSICAL STYLE Saturday, October 12, 7:30pm Community Concert Hall Durango

Sunday, October 13, 3:00pm Henderson Performance Hall Farmington

TIM FAIN AND BEETHOVEN FIVE Saturday, November 16, 7:30pm Community Concert Hall Durango

Sunday, November 17, 3:00pm Henderson Performance Hall Farmington

Message from the Board President Dear friend of the arts and possibly friend of mine (which may be the only reason you’re reading a letter from the board president): Please don’t clap between movements or whisper to your neighbor during the performance or dance or sing along. Try not to cough, sneeze, grunt or bark, and for Bach’s sake, please don’t get your cell phone out for any reason.

Nothing against our all-in-one distractors, they can do amazing things, but they can’t transport you to the soul of a nineteenth century deaf genius or into the atmosphere of a Soviet city under siege by Nazi forces. Like great literature, this music has the power to take us beyond the boundaries of our solitary existence. But, we can only slip through that veil if we are present.

Consequently all the rules. All of them geared to slow and settle, to clear the clutter, to quiet our restless spirits. Even if you are not in the mood, maybe your neighbor has been dying to visit dear Amadeus who she hasn’t encountered since her grandmother introduced her as a young child. Let’s try not to get in the way of that reunion.

Please do bring your enthusiasm, your open ears and mind, a cough drop or two and a tissue for the moment the music dives into your heart.

And for anyone sitting near me who has noticed some swaying, humming, coughing, and premature clapping, and wonders where I get off being the concert hall monitor, mea culpa.

Nancy Stoffer President San Juan Symphony, Board of Directors

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November Concert................................ 15 Beyond the Concert Hall.................... 22 Donors.......................................................30 Sponsors and Partners........................36 Board and Staff......................................38

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Message from the Music Director Greetings everyone and welcome to the San Juan Symphony!

Season 39 promises to be full of vibrant, radiant, and often thrilling music.

Standing on the podium will provide such an incredible opportunity to shape the orchestra into different molds. Each program harnesses the power of the orchestra, but in such provocatively different ways. The feeling of musical echoes will resonate from program to program, tying a thread between Stravinsky and Prokofiev, weaving together Mozart, Montgomery, and Mendelssohn.

We continue exploring “Beyond the Concert Hall” with a Chamber Music Series that kicks off with live performances of Spanish Broom Flamenco!

Don’t miss these compelling artists in Durango and Farmington, the impact of their performance will leave you breathless. The SJS Chamber Singers are back with an excellent Fall program plus the Majesty of Christmas, and our friend Tim Fain offers a rare, multimedia-infused Solo Violin Recital at Roshong Recital Hall. Mark your calendars for the historic first SJS Youth Orchestras concert in Farmington as well!

On behalf of our entire organization, thank you for your support. Part of why we are musicians is to make music for our audiences, to communicate with listeners. I’m thrilled with the way our community has supported, volunteered, and given tirelessly on behalf of our musical pursuits. Please spread the word and invite your family and friends to experience the SJS! See you soon!

Dr. Thomas Heuser Music Director, San Juan Symphony

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About Our Music Director: Dr. Thomas Heuser Maestro Heuser serves in the Walter Dear Music Director Chair American conductor Thomas Heuser has been widely recognized for his stirring leadership and energetic presence both onstage and in the community. In 2024, Heuser opens his 14th season as Music Director of the Idaho Falls Symphony and his 9th season as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, two regional professional orchestras that unite their communities around concerts and educational endeavors at the highest levels. Thomas lives in Durango with his wife, violinist Lauren Avery, and their son Theodore.

Dr. Heuser was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for Orchestral Conducting in Germany while serving as a Conducting Fellow with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. His Fulbright residency at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München included orchestral performances in Munich and Berlin and his European operatic debut with Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland. Moving from Munich to San Francisco, Thomas enjoyed three seasons as the Principal Guest Conductor of the San Francisco Academy Orchestra, working alongside members of the San Francisco Symphony.

Following debut performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe Symphony, he was immediately reengaged to perform an outdoor concert with the Santa Fe musicians and the celebrated Latin band Nosotros.

Previously, Thomas has appeared as a Guest Conductor and Cover Conductor with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming and Durango’s Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra. Maestro Heuser has given subscription concert performances with the Lexington Philharmonic, Symphony New Hampshire, the Boise Baroque Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, as well as the Winston-Salem, Illinois, Wyoming, Bozeman, Missoula, Flagstaff, Vallejo, Grand Junction, and Portsmouth Symphony Orchestras, among others. He was the conductor of the 2020 All-State Festival Orchestras in New Mexico and Alabama.

The son of two molecular biologists at Washington University in St. Louis, Thomas began violin lessons at an early age and studied piano at the St. Louis Symphony Music School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College as a piano performance major and earned his Masters in Instrumental Conducting (MM) from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2013 he completed his Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting (DMA) from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. His primary conducting mentors include Paavo Järvi, Bruno Weil, Mark Gibson, Thomas Baldner, David Effron, Marin Alsop, David Robertson, Gustav Meier, and Larry Rachleff.

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Message from the Executive Director Dear Friends of the San Juan Symphony, I am delighted to welcome you to Season 39 of the San Juan Symphony—”Radiant Echoes.” As the new Executive Director and a proud addition to the San Juan Symphony family, I am filled with immense enthusiasm and anticipation as we begin this journey together—a season certain to be packed with unforgettable musical experiences for us all.

Since arriving in the Four Corners area, I have been nothing but awestruck at every turn. Every mountain vista is somehow more beautiful than the last, every interaction with community members more engaging than I could have imagined, and the generosity of spirit racing through our supporters more rampant than the gorgeous rivers that cut through our towns. I am filled with gratitude to be a part of something so special with all of you.

It is remarkable to have a community that surrounds the San Juan Symphony that allows for the orchestra of talented musicians, led by our esteemed conductor, to bring world-class classical music to this region. We are also committed to growing the next generation of musicians and future arts advocates through our Youth Orchestra and other educational outreach programming. Access to quality music education is instrumental as it shapes young people into better individuals and more engaged members of society.

I have spent my life in and out of concert halls and rehearsal spaces as a performer, music educator and patron experiencing first hand the power of music and how it transcends the noise of our modern life. I’ve performed “Nimrod” by Elgar while fighting back tears, sat in the audience of a Chicago Brass concert in disbelief of my luck, and seen the faces of 200 sixth graders simultaneously light up after the final note of their first performance of Jingle Bells. No live musical performance is ever exactly the same as another, allowing for a unique shared experience no matter if your seat is in the balcony or on stage.

So, I invite you to truly embrace the musical moments this year and share them with your friends so they echo radiantly amongst our community in the same manner that the final note of Beethoven Five will echo off the walls of the performance hall before an eruption of raucous applause. Without the generous support and contributions of our patrons, donors, volunteers, and local music enthusiasts, none of this is possible, and those of us at the San Juan Symphony are so grateful to embark on this adventure alongside all of you.

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MODERN CLASSICAL STYLE Saturday, October 12, 7:30pm Community Concert Hall Durango

Sunday, October 13, 3:00pm Henderson Performance Hall Farmington

Thomas Heuser, conductor PROGRAM Overture to Shakespeare’s Felix Mendelssohn “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” (1809-1847) Op. 21 (1826) Pulcinella: Suite: Music After Igor Stravinsky J.B. Pergolesi (1919-1920) (1882-1971) I. Sinfonia II. Serenata III. Scherzino (Allegro, Andantino) IV. Tarantella V. Toccata VI. Gavotte con due variazioni VII. Duet: Vivo VIII. Minuetto IX. Finale INTERMISSION Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) K. 543 (1788) I. Adagio - Allegro II. Andante con moto III. Menuetto: Allegretto IV. Allegro Season 39 Fall Program | sanjuansymphony.org

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Modern Classical Style: Program Notes The music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) strikes me as somewhat miraculous. Here was a musical mind that needed only a few years to mature into a fully formed composer, much like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had astonished the musical world as a young musician. Mendelssohn, however, was not paraded around Europe by his father, but instead his talents (and that of his older sister, Fanny Mendelssohn) were nurtured in their Berlin home. As an adolescent, Felix would have his music performed by a private orchestra for the associates of his wealthy parents, including a set of thirteen string symphonies that he completed between the ages of 12 and 14. Instructors noted that they had little to teach the child, and at the age of 17, he produced his Overture to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1826).

Hardly a work of juvenalia, the Overture is considered a groundbreaking example of “program music,” referencing the Shakespearean text itself, capturing its characters and magical moods. The music begins with a series of four rising chords that suggest a quiet scene at dusk, followed by a literal “scampering feet” motive in the strings that mimics Shakespeare’s Fairies.

The full orchestra arrives triumphantly in a stately manner, which leads to a romantic theme that represents the lovers. The “braying of Bottom” comes next, with the strings “hee-hawing,” followed by a series of boisterous hunting calls that ends the first part.

True to his Classical roots, Mendelssohn fashions the overture in Sonata form, which means the first part (Exposition) leads into a passage of variation (Development) and concludes with a return to the music of the first part (Recapitulation). Mendelssohn returns to the opening four chords to demarcate the structure of this Sonata form, using recurring themes as motives, pioneering the format that later composers of the Romantic era would emulate. The premiere of the Overture occurred in what is now Poland; it was the 18-year-old composer’s public debut. The incidental music to the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream that includes the famous Wedding March was written later in 1842, five years before he died at the impossibly young age of 38.

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Program Notes by Music Director Thomas Heuser Mendelssohn’s musical upbringing was firmly rooted in Baroque traditions, especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

Fast forward to the 20th century and the music of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), and we find another composer fascinated by the Baroque aesthetic. Following the emotional, oversized works at the fin-de-siecle,the inter-war reaction was a Neoclassical trend, favoring clear textures and an emphasis on counterpoint that pointed back to Baroque masters like Bach. Stravinsky began his foray into the style with the ballet Pulcinella (1920), and is said to have remarked: “Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. It was a backward look, of course— the first of many love affairs in that direction—but it was a look in the mirror, too.”

The original ballet Pulcinella was commissioned by the Russian ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, who wanted a work based on commedia dell’arte characters for his Ballet Russes. Pablo Picasso provided the sets and costumes. Stravinsky describes the music as “based on music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi,” though today, the attribution of the familiar opening tune usually goes to the Italian Baroque composer Domenico Gallo (1730-1768). Regardless, the music’s elegant Baroque sentiment is echoed in the forces required for performance. Like a concerto grosso, the larger ensemble consists of individual soloists: there are features for the small band of wind players, the principal String Quintet, and in the original ballet, solo voices joined the fray. The Suite from 1922 pares down music into purely instrumental forces, but the singing quality of the music and the remarkably memorable tunes are pristinely preserved.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) completed his final three symphonies in an incredible burst of productivity. Over the course of about six weeks, Mozart crafted these outstanding works: the Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major (1788) was the first to arrive in late June, followed by Symphonies 40 and 41 in July and August. We can and should marvel at that rate of composition, especially because of the cohesion and quality of the three symphonies.

Some historians also consider the three works to be interrelated, part of a “set” of three symphonies that can be understood to run from one into the next. We will have an opportunity to hear them in that sequence over the next three years, one each during our 39th, 40th, and 41st seasons.

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Program Notes continued The 39th Symphony opens with radiant grandiosity, harkening back to French Overtures from the Baroque era and the symphonic introductions of Franz Joseph Haydn, here infused with the drama that Mozart learned as an opera composer. The first movement is in three-quarter time, giving an unusual opportunity for waltz-like themes that aren’t typical for first movements. Dynamic contrasts and gestural motives abound, with amazing writing for the strings and soloistic woodwinds. The second movement also echoes Haydn’s style, with a simple, stately dance providing graceful upward melodies that lead into dramatic intervening episodes. The third movement Minuet and Trio has great energy, and is a model of the Classical aesthetic: clear and refined textures make the music immediately accessible, much like the folksy ländler directly quoted in the Trio. The fourth movement is an etude for string players, requiring the kind of technical playing that makes Mozart an essential component of string pedagogy. The music buzzes from start to finish, and ends unapologetically with a great sense of satisfaction.

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Sunday, November 17, 3:00pm Henderson Performance Hall Farmington

Thomas Heuser, conductor Tim Fain, violin soloist PROGRAM Edge of a Dream for Solo Violin Tim Fain (b. 1976) and Orchestra (2020) I. Allegro II. Adagio con moto III. Allegro vivace, quasi presto Tim Fain, violin By arrangement with Tim Fain / Blind Bay Music, LLC INTERMISSION Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808) I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro IV. Allegro

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Musician Spotlight: Don Williams Hello! Before I begin, I’d like to say thank you! Thank you for supporting live music and the SJS!! Art cannot exist in a vacuum, and your presence is as much a part of every piece of music as the sounds coming from the stage! Also, selfishly, I very much appreciate that your support accords me the continuing opportunity to be a part of art in the Four Corners area!

Both my parents played instruments (my Mom violin and my Dad trumpet) but only through high school. I don’t remember why I chose the trumpet but distinctly remember going to the local music store the summer before my fifth-grade year and renting an old, beat-up Olds student model trumpet (what I wouldn’t give to have that instrument still – blotchy lacquer and all). I also remember messing around with it in the backseat on the way to a baseball game and bumping my mouth pretty good – some brass playing wisdom imparted to me at the very beginning!

Besides these early memories, I can’t remember a time when holding a trumpet didn’t feel natural, when making music wasn’t magical and alluring for some undefinable reason. I didn’t know I could make music as a profession until late in high school. That moment was literally lifechanging! I have degrees in trumpet performance from the University of Northern Colorado and University of Colorado, Boulder. My time there not only helped create the musician I am today but also the person – I met my three best friends during college as well as my wife! Now I’ve traded late night practicing at the music building for lots of driving – in addition to playing here and freelancing throughout Colorado, I am also a member of the Wyoming Symphony in Casper, WY – and time with wonderful friends and colleagues! I also make regular trips to Casper to teach trumpet at Casper College as well as to Pueblo where I teach trumpet at Colorado State University’s Pueblo campus.

I first made the six-plus hour drive from the Eastern slope in the fall of 2008 and I still look forward to every trip (some of the snowier ones admittedly a bit less) as a chance to not only make great music but see and meet wonderful people!

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About the Guest Artist Avery Fisher Career Grant-winning violinist and composer Tim Fain has earned a reputation as a mesmerizing creator and performer appearing on today’s greatest stages. More recently recognized for his work as a composer with an authentic voice, Fain pushes the envelope with cutting-edge technology and has carved out one of the most wildly diverse careers in the music industry.

Seen on-screen and heard in the Grammynominated soundtrack to Black Swan, he is known for his numerous performances in soundtracks, including 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Don’t Look Up, Indignation, and HBO’s Succession (also making a cameo appearance). Increasingly acknowledged for his original film music, Fain composed the score for Munch (Best Nordic Film nominee, Göteborg Film Festival), stop-motion film Los Huesos (Best Short, Venice Film Festival), and media for The North Face and Ralph Lauren.

In the concert music world, Fain’s violin concerto Edge of a Dream was premiered by the Amarillo Symphony, with recent and upcoming performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Maryland, Anchorage, Helena, San Juan, and Missoula Symphonies. His work Resonance, commissioned by Google/YouTube for a groundbreaking VR video, was recorded by The Knights (cond. Eric Jacobsen) subsequently shown at The Sundance Film Festival. His works were also used for campaigns by Sierra Club and Made in a Free World.

Fain continues to be at the forefront of technology, with boundary-pushing projects and VR experiences created for Samsung at TriBeCa Film Festival, Facebook/Oculus, The Future of Storytelling in NYC, Forbes and the city of Jerusalem, and shown at SXSW. Fain’s LED light installation with Symmetry Labs was featured on BBC and PBS, and he gave a TEDx talk on emerging technologies in music.

Whether touring in a duo with Philip Glass, performing solo with the National Orchestra of Spain or American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, or collaborating with artists ranging from Mitsuko Uchida to composer Meredith Monk, jazz pianist Billy Childs, Bryce Dessner, DJ Spooky, Iggy Pop, Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), James Blake, or Christina Aguilera, Fain electrifies audiences. His wildly diverse career has taken him to unique spaces all across the globe, including on-stage at the NYC Ballet, The Vatican, and a performance for the Dalai Lama’s 80th Birthday.

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Tim Fain and Beethoven Five: Program Notes Violinist and composer Tim Fain (b. 1976) has been a frequent Guest Artist with the San Juan Symphony for more than a decade. His most recent solo appearance with the Prokofiev Second Violin Concerto was just last season, when he stepped in to perform the work as a substitute on just 6 days’ notice! We are delighted to feature Tim as both violinist and composer this week; he has been turning heads throughout his career for pushing the envelope of innovation. From original movie scores and Hollywood violin solos to recordings in virtual reality, Tim’s creativity knows no bounds, including the creation of adaptive sound design for multisensory Recharge Rooms and other installations in healthcare facilities around the US to help hospital workers and staff. During the 2020 pandemic shutdown, Tim found time to work on his first concerto for violin and orchestra, Edge of a Dream (2020), which quickly became a very personal undertaking: “As I began serious work on Edge of a Dream in Spring of 2020, qualities of hope, joy and even elation emerged in my writing. Though putting notes on paper did not occur without some struggle and difficulty, my feeling as I was writing was in stark contrast to the ever-present turmoil and uncertainty which I and so many others were experiencing during these past couple of years. I had the sensation that I was at the edge of something: a feeling of profound hope just out of reach, the beginning of something new, a significant turning point for myself and many others. Looking back, I now realize that I needed to express this intense, and at times forceful yearning during the pandemic to hold on to the dream of a better future.”

“Throughout much of the work, I employ several short motifs, juxtaposed as pixels, through which a larger structure emerges. In Part I, the three rising porches in the strings at the outset of the movement, the insistent staccato figures in the woodwinds, and the two downward sweeping intervals in the solo violin are recombined and remixed. By contrast, Part II explores longer-form melody: after a chaotic climactic moment and short cadenza, the solo violin finds its way back home to the original tonality and peaceful character. Part III is, once again, almost entirely centered around a short motif consisting of the four notes of an arpeggiated 3rd inversion D major 7th chord. As the original descending intervallic motif from Part I returns, now in a somewhat more hopeful major tonality, the movement comes to an exuberant close.”

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Program Notes by Music Director Thomas Heuser The enormous impact of the nine symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) loomed as both influence and obstacle for future composers. He had encompassed the brotherhood of mankind in his Ninth Symphony, and created a picturesque paradise in the Pastoral. The Eroica was dedicated to the heroic ideals embodied by Napoleon, and the Seventh was called the “Apotheosis of the Dance.” Taken together, these works altered the symphonic landscape, employing vastly longer forms and dramatically expanding the scale of expressive possibilities. For many, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808) offers one of the greatest examples of symphonic ingenuity, where motivic cohesion, theme and variation, and the sheer power of a symphony orchestra come together in awe-inspiring ways.

The music was written over the course of several years, when Beethoven was in his 30s, troubled by his worsening deafness, and constantly interrupted by a string of other projects. When it finally debuted in 1808, it was part of a now-infamous concert in Vienna, conducted by Beethoven himself, consisting of more than four hours of Beethoven’s music, including the premieres of the Fifth Symphony, the Sixth Symphony, and the Choral Fantasy. The orchestra had only one rehearsal for the event, and according to legend, Beethoven had to stop repeatedly in performance to fix mistakes and start over. Needless to say, reception was mixed, especially because the auditorium was freezing cold and the audience exhausted. But almost immediately, the world made the Fifth Symphony a staple; it was performed in 1842 on the first concert of the New York Philharmonic, and is still performed more than any other major work.

The first movement opens with that iconic motive – brutally rhythmic, obsessively repeated – which is music that has become a “household name,” second only perhaps to his Ode to Joy. The structure of the first movement is designed to showcase the depths that can be reached in the single C Minor theme: the composer mines the germinal idea for possibilities, both harmonic, dynamic, and contrapuntal. The whole movement is woven so tightly, the only moment of respite comes when the Oboe waxes eloquently for a brief moment. The listener is then sent crashing into still more reiterations of the motive and a visceral, violent conclusion.

The second movement is structured as a theme and variations, with the bucolic melody starting out in the cellos and violas. Different subsidiary melodies are born out of the theme, and with each variation, the rhythmic material becomes more varied and complex, with still more layers. The third movement straddles the traditional Minuet and Trio form and Beethoven’s preferred Scherzo form. The main theme features the return of the first movement’s iconic motive, here blazing through the French Season 39 Fall Program | sanjuansymphony.org

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Program Notes continued horns and woodwinds in a glorious and powerful display. There is an incredible moment of transition between the third and fourth movement that is pure magic, taking us from the darkness and ambiguity of Scherzo into the triumphant Finale in C Major. Here the trombones, piccolo, and contrabassoon are suddenly introduced, giving Beethoven an expanded range to emote some of his most majestic, praiseworthy music. The great critic E.T.A. Hoffmann published an anonymous description in 1813 that captures the wonderment: “How this wonderful composition, in a climax that climbs on and on, leads the listener imperiously forward into the spirit world of the infinite!... No doubt the whole rushes like an ingenious rhapsody past many a man, but the soul of each thoughtful listener is assuredly stirred, deeply and intimately, by a feeling that is none other than that unutterable portentous longing, and until the final chord—indeed, even in the moments that follow it—he will be powerless to step out of that wondrous spirit realm where grief and joy embrace him in the form of sound....”

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Spanish Broom Flamenco!

Friday, September 20 | 7:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave., Durango

Saturday, September 21 | 2:00pm First Presbyterian Church | 865 N. Dustin Ave., Farmington

We are Spanish Broom. Our mission is to sustain a collective of artists whose collaboration is a base for creativity, accessibility and financial support.

We strive to share our art and encourage our community to create with us. We are a collective of 11 musicians and dance artists coming from diverse communities throughout the southwest and primarily focus on Flamenco music and dance.

Our various backgrounds and disciplines inform our collaborative process to create, compose, choreograph, and perform exciting, curious, innovative, and powerful work. We encourage you to learn more about us by checking our website, Facebook, instagram, and youtube pages.

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The Elements Sunday, October 27 | 3:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave., Durango Earth, water, wind, and fire are depicted with joy, passion, and reverence in songs composed by Philip Stopford, Sarah Quartel, Palestrina, Moses Hogan, Harry Belafonte, and many more.

PROGRAM Turn the World Around Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

Robert Freedman (1934-2018)

arr. DeCormier (1922-2017) Kevin Martin, percussion Now Is the Cool of the Day

Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) arr. Siegfried (b. 1969)

Sicut Cervus

Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594)

God’s Gonna Set This World on Fire

arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) and Edwin B. Hogan (1940-2016)

Wind Song

Bruce Stark (b. 1965)

Deep River

arr. Matthew Culloton (b. 1976)

Voice on the Wind

Sarah Quartel (b. 1982) Kevin Martin, percussion

For the Beauty of the Earth

Philip Stopford (b. 1977)

Love of Fire

John Conahan (b. 1974) text by Sarah Hudlow

Bring Me Little Water, Silvy Huddie Ledbetter (1888-1949)

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FALL 2024 ROSTER OF SINGERS Soprano Amy Abel Lori Benefiel Lucy Johnson Gemma Kavanagh Kathryn Lanute Christine Richards Erin Sinberg

Tenor Tom Burris Van Butler Dennis Costello Marilyn Leftwich Kyle Osborne Dan Street Hugh Tracy

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CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Solo Recital with Violinist Tim Fain Tuesday, November 12 | 7:00pm

Roshong Recital Hall in Jones Hall, Fort Lewis College, Durango

Spiral

Themes & Highlights from Unraveling Tim Fain, violin

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Interludes

Philip Glass (b. 1937)

Ornament and Crime (2010) Ornament I Ornament II Ornament III Ornament IV

Bryce Dessner (b. 1976)

Dissolve, O My Heart (2010)

Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)

Honest Music (2002)

Nico Muhly (b. 1981)

Appalachia Waltz (1995)

Mark O’Connor (b. 1961)

Lachen verlernt (2002)

Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958)

Overview

Tim Fain (b. 1976)

Stomp (2010)

John Corigliano (b. 1938)

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UPCOMING EVENTS State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s

NUTCRACKER BALLET

featuring the San Juan Symphony

December 13-15 | 2:00pm & 7:30pm Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College

THE MAJESTY OF CHRISTMAS Friday, Dec. 20 | 4:00pm & 7:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave. Durango

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

The Life and Music of Claude Debussy Lecture Recital hosted by Dr. Rochelle Mann

Friday, January 17 | 7:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave. Durango

Saturday, January 18 | 2:00pm

Connie Gotsch Theatre | 4601 College Blvd., Farmington

DURANGO BACH FESTIVAL March 9-15

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave. Durango

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Shakespeare Scenes and Songs

Sunday, May 11

Durango Arts Center | 802 E. 2nd Ave., Durango

FAMILY CONCERT: TYRANNOSAURUS SUE! Saturday, May 17

Community Concert Hall, Durango

Sunday, May 18

Henderson Performance Hall, Farmington

DURANGO CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL & ACADEMY June 9-13

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 910 E. 3rd Ave. Durango

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As a non-profit dedicated to the performing arts, we are grateful for contributions in any amount. This list reflects annual donations made to the San Juan Symphony between December 31, 2023-August 20, 2024. Our list of donations will again be updated in the Spring 2025 Program. Please contact our office with any amendments; we appreciate the opportunity to correct our records. Thank you for your enduring support of our programs!

Maestro’s Circle PRESENTER

($10,000-$19,999) Community Foundation Serving SW CO Community Shares Connie Gotsch Arts Foundation Jim Foster Larry & Elizabeth Crawford Levy Family Fund Michael Moravan New Mexico Arts San Juan Regional Medical Center Steve & Marty Kiely Susan Reese Walter Dear & Family Ziems Ford Corners 30

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($5,000-$9,999) Alpine Bank Anonymous City of Durango City of Farmington Colorado Creative Industries El Pomar Foundation LPEA Tom & Mary Orsini Ulli Lange

BENEFACTOR

($2,500-$4,999)

Ballantine Family Fund Bowne Tzeng & Erin Schifeling Coca-Cola Bottling Company Dick & Georgeann Reitz Douglas Brew and Dorothy Peacock Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Durango Friends of The Arts George Usinowicz Gordon & Dene Kay Thomas Jimmy & Meredith Mapel

Joseph & Catherine Pope Karen McIntire & Mike Nettles McLaughlin Family Charitable Fund Nan & Brian Wagner Norman Broad & Carol Salomon Ruth Guarino San Juan County Commissioners TBK Bank Tom & Bev Taylor Tracy Valentine

PATRON

($1,000-$2,499) Anita Cohen & Lynn Witt

Anonymous B & C Team Fund Bryan & Jacquelyn Dear Carla Pinahs D’Ann Artis David & Mary Stengel Don & Sandra Mapel Duke Family Foundation Fund Edward & Maria Kompare Elizabeth Petersen Eugenia Dorminy Florian & Shelley Walchak Geoffery A. Hirt Ginny Brown Gwyneth Stites Henry and Margy Dudley

Ilga K Vise James & Buddie Bertrand James Peters Janice Sheftel Jennie Dear & Tom Bartles Jim Ottman Joseph & Catherine Pope Judy Bundy Julia Dodd Karen Soltes LeMaire Family Fund Liz Cahill Marilyn Swanson Mark Everson & Sara Michaels Mary Nowotny Max Vogt

Michael Moravan Nancy Stoffer Paul & Jigger Staby Payroll Department Pete & Tish Varney Raymond & Carol Schmudde Richard & Beverly Benford Richard Grossman Rochelle Mann Ross Park Samuel & Bonnie Avery Stephen Bowers & Wendy Grant Susan Washburn William Gundlach

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Symphony Circle SUSTAINER

($500-$999) 1st Southwest Bank Andie & Rudy Davison Bartig-Small Family Fund Beatrice Byrd Cathy & Bob Eppinger Charles Freuden Community Foundation Serving SW CO Cynthia Williams Deborah Lycan Drs. Keith & Susan Kujawski Eben Harrell Ernie & Margo Cotton

Gary Rottman Gerald & Linda Harris Jason & Heather Hooten Jim Peters John Byrom John Romine Karen Morrison Karen Thompson & Larry Eads Laura Hawk Marcey Olajos Nanc Cole Nancy Peake Peggy Sharp

Piñon Family Practice Richard & Marry Lynn Ballantine Robert & Emily Therrell Robert Evans Robin Jakino Ruth Allison Ruth Katzin Sheryl & Stephen Guy Steve & Susan Nelson Steven Zwick Terry Bacon & Debra Parmenter Tina Lemaster

Ethan Hong Geney Stan Gloria & Dave Smiley James Collins Janet Blunt Jeff & Janet Parks Katherine Barr Kenneth & Joyce Stevenson Kenneth & Joyce Stevenson Larry & Barbara Kronick Levi Chavis Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, LLP Michael & Jane Schultz

Michael Schultz Patrick Murphy Paul Bandy Paul Bandy & Mary Catherine Curry Robert Bricca Robert Davison Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. Steve & Connie Jacobs Sue Agranoff Thane Malison The Thane Malison Charitable Fund Tyler Fouss Wynn & Linda Berven

ASSOCIATE

($250-$499) Ace Hardware of Farmington Alden Foster Alexandra Davison Betsy Petersen Bobbie Carll Bonnie Avery Callie Blackmer Cecilia & Monica Taulbee-Leaming Chris & Chandra Stubbs Community Foundation Serving SW CO David & Sally Bramhall Dawn Krause Doug Jacober 32

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FRIEND

($10 - $249)

Abby Bowen Alfred Greeley Aline & John Schwob Barbara Alexander Benita Vassallo BJ & Maria Gutierrez Blas & Liz Zenteno Bonnie Cowell Brooke Goulding Bruce & Suzanne Rodman Candace Kendrick Carol Grenoble Carole McWilliams Charles Connolly Charles Squire Cherry Odelberg Cheryl Green Chris & Laura Argotsinger Clark & Melanie Palmer David & Carol Grenoble David & Terry Clark Deb Duncan Dick & Beth Wheeler Dieter Wulfhorst Dominic & Diana Palmieri Don & Vicki Allen Holmsten Ellingson Condie Family Trust Emma Bodine Erin Cuthbertson Evan Gonzales Florence Mason Gail & Jim Williams Gail Lauter Gary & Beanie Archie Guy & Sandy Alexander Hans Freuden Heather Hawk Hollis Hassenstein & Richard Quinn Hope Vail Hyla Calcote Isabelle Montoya James & Cheryl Clay

James Porter Janet Oliver Janet Parkes Jean Van Sickle Jeanie Child Jeff & Janet Parkes Jessica Obleton Jim Adkins & Lynn Eustance Jim Byrd John Condie John Patton John Watson Jon & Kathy Cohen Jonathan Rudolf June Russell Justin & Anna McBrayer Karen & Karl Mesikapp Katherine Jetter Kathryn & Brian Shaffer Kent & Florence Short Kent Stottlemyer Kimberlee Yeargin Laurie Lidstrom Lee & Elsa Horowitz Les Leach Leslie Gleason Linda Barnes Luana Castellano Lucy Johnson Lucy McGuffey Luke & Charlotte Pfeil Martha Flynn Martha Minot Mary Moorehead Mary O’Donnell Mary Sue Burnham Matthew & Amanda Clugston Maude GranthamRichards Michael & Pam Stillman Michael Mays Michael Silver Mike Foster

Mike Van Dusen Nancy Brown Nancy Sheftel-Gomes Nicki Massieon Patricia & Jay Joy Paul Duggan Pledgeling Foundation Richard & Florence Mason Richard & Gail Grossman Richard White Robert & Gloria Lehmer Robert & Nancy Dolphin Robert Green Roberta Eickman Ron & Hyla Calcote Ron & Marilyn Garst Rosemary Winkler Sally Bellerue Scott Michlin Sean Varley Sheri Rochford-Figgs Stanley Rynkiewicz Stephanie Weber Stephen & Linda Sency Steve & Connie Jacobs Steve & Kathy Kellenares Steve Krest Steve Short Steven & Christi Livingston Steven Danko Susan & Scott Wortman Susan Brightman Susan Brown Susan Robertson Tania & Calvin Curry Theresa Krolak-Owens Thomas Heuser & Lauren Avery Tim & Carolyn Miller Tom & Shirley Jones Tom Campbell Vicki Holmsten Wayne & Susan Caplan

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IN-KIND DONORS

Affordable Framing Plus Al & Janice Curry Alicia Romero Allison Ragsdale Photography Allen & Karon Lyon Allen Lyon Allen Theaters Alley House Grill Alpine Bank Amy Brimhall Amy’s Bookstore Animas Chocolate & Coffee Company Animas Eye Care Animas Liquor Artesanos Artifacts 302 ASAP Accounting & Payroll Aspen Classical Music Festival Aspen Leaf Balanced Health & Aesthetics Bark ‘N Bubble Be FRANK Foundation Bear Ranch Bev & Tom Taylor Bisti Bay BJ & Maria Gutierrez Blue Lake Ranch Durango Bread Brian Wagner Brown’s Shoe Store Buckhorn Limo Service Cake Subscription Carol Schmudde Carter & Sue Hampton Casa Blanca Inn Farmington Chili Pod Chris & Chandra Stubbs Chris & Laura Argotsinger Chris Heine Chrysalis Tattoo Chuck & Janet Williams Cindy Hillmer Clancy’s Irish Cantina Coca-Cola Bottling Company College Drive Cafe 34

Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Connie Mack World Series Cream Bean Berry Creede Repertory Theater Cynthia Rapp Sandhu Dene & Gordon Thomas Diane West Jewelry & Art Dick & Georgeann Reitz Dietz Market Distil Spirits Don & Sandra Maple Durango Bird Club Durango Craft Spirits Durango Herald Durango Hot Springs Durango Land & Homes Durango Magazine Durango Nordic Center Durango Nursery Durango Olive Oil Company Durango Playfest Durango Rug Company Earthen Vessel Gallery East by Southwest/Mama Sylvia’s Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Elizabeth Crawford Encore Coffee Eureka Clothing Accessories & Gifts Florian & Shelley Walchak Fly Fishing Outing Flying Fish Company Fort Lewis College Music Department Four Corners River Sports Four Corners Yoga Gardenschwartz Gary Cratcher Gay & Dick Grossman General Palmer Hotel Ginny Brown Gisela Lott Glacier Club Good Vibrations Violin Bag Hans Freuden HEart Gallery Home Depot - Farmington Hoodoo Glass House of Ink Humane Society LPCHS

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Papa Murphy’s Patrick Hazen Patrick Murphy Paul Duggan Pelle Spa Perbacco Cucina Pete & Tish Varney Pip Howard Pocketstone Bakery Primi Primus Purgatory Radiant Malas Raindrops Ram Signs Rev. Debbie Metzgar Shew Rivergate Acupuncture Rochelle Mann Ruth Guarino Salt 360 San Juan College - HHPC San Juan Nurseries San Juan Savings Guide San Juan Symphony

Sandra & Don Mapel Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Santa Fe Desert Chorale Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Symphony Sara Michaels Scott Michlin Scott’s Pro-Lawn Sheri McMurtry Sheryl & Stephen Guy Si Señor SKA Brewing Sky Ute Casino Resort Smoothie King Soma Pilates Studio Sorrel Sky Gallery Soul Den Hot Yoga Spare Rib Stained Glass Concepts Star Liquors Stephen Bowers & Wendy Grant Steve & Marti Kiely Steve Martin

Studio 116 - Alise Studio 116 - Sage Summit Dental Sunnyside Farms Market Telluride Chamber Music The Boathouse The Zen Den There’s No Place Like Home Tish Varney Toh-Atin Gallery Tomo Restaurant Urban Market W&Z Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar Wal Art Gallery Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve & Education Center Wines of the San Juan Woodhouse Day Spa Wyman Hotel Zia Chicks Ziems Ford Corners

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MEMORIAL DONATIONS

HONORARY DONATIONS

In Memory of Walter Dear Mary Sue Burnham, Bryan & Jacquelyn Dear, ennie Dear & Tom Bartles, Carol & David Grenoble, Dick & Georgeann Reitz, Jim Peters, Robert W. Baird & Co.

In Honor of Rochelle Mann Candace Kendrick

In Memory of Jean Ryder Daniel & Sheri Rochford-Figgs, Marian Gilmore, Susan Kujawski, Dick & Beth Wheeler

In Honor of Lech Usinowicz George Usinowicz

In Memory of Mary Jane Clark Daniel & Sheri Rochford-Figgs

In Honor of Ann Butler Ellingson Condie Family Trust

In Honor of Dan & Polly Morgenstern Larry & Barbara Kronick

In Memory of Louise Ryder Dick & Beth Wheeler

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

1st Southwest Bank Alex Benally’s Hogan Alpine Bank Artifacts 302 Artist In Residence Program at Fort Lewis College ASAP Accounting & Payroll Ascent Digital Ballantine Communications Ballantine Family Fund Be Frank Foundation City of Durango City of Farmington Clancy’s Irish Cantina Coca-Cola Bottling Company Colorado Gives Foundation Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Community Foundation Serving SW Colorado Connie Gotsch Arts Foundation Duck Girl Art Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Durango Botanic Gardens Durango City Lifestyle Magazine Durango Friends of the Arts Durango Independent Film Festival Durango Land and Homes Durango Magazine Durango School District 9-R Econo Lodge Inn & Suites 36

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Farmington High School First Presbyterian Church-Farmington Fort Lewis College Music Department Four Corners Broadcasting Gotcha Covered of Durango and Farmington Henderson Fine Arts Center at San Juan College Jimmy’s Music & Supply Kroegers Ace Hardware KSJE Radio Levy Family Foundation Local News Network LPEA Manna Soup Kitchen Mill Street Bistro Music In The Mountains New Mexico Arts Powerhouse Science Center Psyche Digital Public House 701 San Juan County Commissioners San Juan Regional Medical Center St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Summit Church TBK Bank Visit Durango Wells Group Real Estate Wines of the San Juan Ziems Ford Corners

SAN JUAN SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-25 Nancy Stoffer, President Sara Michaels, Vice President Steve Kiely, Treasurer Wendy Grant, Secretary Monica Leaming Allen Lyon Scott Michlin Karen Morrison Cynthia Rapp Sandhu Alicia Romero Carol Schmudde Janice Sheftel Tom Taylor Brian Wagner MUSICIANS’ REPRESENTATIVES Kristen Folden Tennille Taylor

STAFF Meghann Zenteno, Executive Director Thomas Heuser, Music Director Elizabeth Crawford, San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers Director Laura Argotsinger, Operations Manager Molly Jensen, Youth Orchestra Director Sam Post, Junior Orchestra Director Durango Chris Argotsinger, Junior Orchestra Director - Farmington Kyle Osborne, San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers Assistant Director Lauren Avery, Librarian Steve Blaylock, Stage Manager Arthur Post, Music Director Laureate Jan Roshong, Music Director Laureate GRAPHIC DESIGN Duck Girl Art PHOTOGRAPHY Illuminarts, Allison Ragsdale Photography SOCIAL MEDIA Ascent Digital WEBSITE DESIGN Psyche Digital

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The San Juan Symphony is dedicated to bringing musical excellence and educational enrichment to the diverse communities of the Four Corners region.

P. O. Box 1073 Durango, CO 81302 www.sanjuansymphony.org 970.382.9753

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